Climate change is a national security issue
The flooding in Pakistan is far more destructive than most conventional threats. It’s time for the world to take notice.
The flooding in Pakistan is far more destructive than most conventional threats. It’s time for the world to take notice.
A recent Senate proposal would needlessly create conditions for conflict with Russia while generating more greenhouse gas emissions.
It’s time to prepare our well-resourced, capable forces for saving the world, not destroying it.
Extreme weather has been called a ‘threat multiplier’ — feeding into existing social and political problems and making them even worse.
Western countries are stuck between the need to condemn Russia while at the same time needing Moscow’s cooperation.
President Biden chastised Beijing for not showing up to COP26 but the US record is far from exemplary.
The Pentagon has made efforts to go green, but driving electric cars around bases isn’t going to cut it.
Only when China and the United States elevate the threat of climate change above their geopolitical rivalry will it be possible to avert disaster.
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
By 2049, the United States and China may be far too preoccupied with climate disaster to focus on conflict with each other.
Weather-related disasters keep telling us that climate change is our biggest threat but Washington keeps insisting we focus on China.
The secretary of state’s speech promoting Biden’s infrastructure plan could have been more internationalist given a grim new UN report on climate change.
The Biden administration must address this strategically or there will be nothing left of the ‘global order’ as we know it.
Despite its logistical resources, the U.S. army is caught unprepared to face this unprecedented threat.
It’s possible to imagine a future where nations fight over the earth’s critical minerals, just as they once fought over oil. Or maybe not.
The US can no longer afford to ignore the potential for regional conflict due to a changing climate.
On China, Afghanistan, defense budget, climate crisis and the Middle East — a bit of a mixed bag, say Quincy experts.
The chance to present Beijing as a leader in combating climate change seemed to play a role in Xi Jinping’s decision.
Secretary of State Blinken recently placed the challenge in the contradictory context of great power competition.
Carbon emissions could be the strongest area of cooperation for the two countries but also the toughest to come to terms with.
Future cooperation between these major carbon producing powers is essential, and frankly, would be refreshing.